[seul-edu] [Fwd: Article submission/announcement]

[Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

Here's something that came to us just this morning.  I'd like to see SEUL/edu have
a regular column here, but I don't think I'll be able to commit to writing it.
I'd like someone else in this group to do so.  I promise, we won't leave you by
yourself to think up things to say.  Please send your offers to write this to me
directly and/or to the mailing list.  If we get more than one person willing to
write this, I don't see why it couldn't be a rotating or a collaborative column.

"David M. Bucknell" wrote:

> Dear Seul,
>
> I'm writing to let you know of a new Webzine project called Open Source
> Schools -- we're planning to support you and your fine efforts and hope that
> you might possibly like to contribute a monthly column.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> David Bucknell
> http://members.iteachnet.org/opensourceschools
>
> --snip--
> New Project for Open Source Education
>
> Although there are now quite a few education-oriented open source initiatives
> -- good ones, they have not yet got a journal/news site just for them. I have
> decided to remedy this with an open source initiative called Open Source
> Schools which I hope can be of use in disseminating the good work of others in
> a more accessible way.  I hope, moreover, that this will be a place newcomers
> will find the information they need to get started.
>
> The goal of the project is to help increase the use of open source technology
> and open source curricula in education -- around the world.  It seems to me
> that while schools and teachers in poorer places might be interested, they
> might need Open Source Schools to help them find the tools and expertise they
> need to get going.  Those in wealthier areas may, however, be missing the
> point that open source is for them too -- price isn't the only reason we adopt
> open source, is it?
>
> To get Open Source Schools, itself, going, I'd like to invite any of you
> interested in the implications of the Open Source initiative for education
> (software _and_ curricula) to visit the site, make suggestions, post what I've
> left out, or corrections to what I have done.  More importantly, I'd like to
> invite project authors to consider writing stories or letting me know that
> you'll do an e-mail interview about what you are working on. Finally, I'm
> planning to kick off the site's Webzine (along the lines of
> http://members.iteachnet.org/webzine/ - International Education Daily) in the
> near future and would like to talk to those of you willing to:
>
> *be monthly columnists
> *editing
> *news reporting
> *general Web admin
> *improve the layout/appearance of the site
> *contribute system admin expertise.
>
> I myself am an English teacher turned Linux enthusiast as a result of working
> to get my students' writing online.  That was in Thailand in 1995. I quickly
> realized that students' teachers needed to understand the potential of the Web
> as a means of empowering students to write and publish, so I founded
> iteachnet.  I've been doing that ever since, but now I'd like to take another
> step toward getting the right tools to the right people; hence, I've decided
> to put together this little project.  I hope that anyone in education who
> agrees that this might be a worthwhile effort will visit the site and begin
> building a new open source community.
>
> I'd like to thank Freshmeat, Sourceforge, Slashdot and Seul, among others, for
> providing the means to find the few tools I've already listed.
> --snip--
>
> --
> David M. Bucknell
> http://www.iteachnet.org/~david
> ITeachNet: http://www.iteachnet.org
> International Education Daily
> http://members.iteachnet.org/webzine/




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